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  1. Blue Ox

    6.2 mechanical injection pump

    Sigh. Why do people ask these questions on a Friday night? I'm around these things all day long at work, but you ask just in time for the weekend. Oh well, if you can wait 'til Monday I'll tell you exactly what size they are.
  2. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    You got an oil consumption problem? Maybe it's time to boost the heat range on them thangs.
  3. Blue Ox

    Made a new tool

    You could put four long bolts through the mounting holes with a nut on each side of the flange to hold them in place. Much cheaper way to stand it up. Figure out how to put a hollow bolt in place of the air cleaner stud and you can make a lamp out of it.
  4. Blue Ox

    BC’s boat/dumpster fire thread

    If boats or old cars and trucks made financial sense we'd all be driving Teslas. Good luck with the project and I'll be happy to jump in wherever I can. I've spent plenty of time scratching the fiberglass itch.
  5. Blue Ox

    Glide out spare tire carrier

    The in-bed spare carrier was for trucks with a receiver hitch. The hitch was mounted to the frame right where the spare would be otherwise. So the only other option was to mount the spare in the bed. Mine had neither because somebody who shall remain nameless was complaining so much about the...
  6. Blue Ox

    Just got a 2010 Camaro LS V6

    That's insane for a N/A 6 cylinder. And on behalf of Rusty... YU no has pix of the car?
  7. Blue Ox

    Quick question on front rotors / wheel bearings

    Just an add-on thought. I always make sure the seal has a generous dose of grease where it rides on the spindle. Never put them on dry.
  8. Blue Ox

    Glide out spare tire carrier

    The regular one. Never tried a glide out. There's two crossmembers for the spare. The forward one has a bend and the rear one is flat. I was able to buy the forward one from the dealer. The rear one came from Ray and Samantha on eBay.
  9. Blue Ox

    My 85 K20

    Look at that, my favorite year and model truck. Welcome to the asylum.
  10. Blue Ox

    Glide out spare tire carrier

    One of my favorite personal peeves. The spare tire carrier. Glide out carrier is demonstrated in this dealer video at 12:57: The two crossmember pieces, one ahead of and one behind were there to support the tire. I @$$ume to keep it from rocking. If you didn't order a spare when you bought...
  11. Blue Ox

    Quadrajet bog

    I had the same thing happen to the pickup tubes on my Oldsmobile 455. Cross drilled them and put them back. Restored that delightful moan. What more can you want from a 1969 carburetor?
  12. Blue Ox

    Quadrajet bog

    It can happen. Press the tubes back in. I don't remember what to do about the cam, but I'm sure it's fixable. My Q-jet book is at the shop so if you can wait until Monday I can check that out for you. There was a thing about cross-drilling the pickup tubes too. They did it on the Cobra-Jet...
  13. Blue Ox

    Front Sway Bar Brackets

    My OCD kinda compels me to answer this, and I'm going to point out that, you did ask.... It's a portmanteau word composed of "static" and "friction". So "stiction" is correct. Now go look up portmanteau. ;)
  14. Blue Ox

    Front Sway Bar Brackets

    No spacers on mine. Are you sure you have the right bushings?
  15. Blue Ox

    K20 shocks? Single or dual front and brand?

    Yeah, but Quads look way cooler! FWIW, if you look at the GM parts book the quad shocks have different part numbers than the dual shocks. If you look at most aftermarket catalogs they use the same main shock in both applications and just add a second shock for the quads.
  16. Blue Ox

    Rear Diff Leak

    Any time you use a sealer like RTV Silicone or Great Stuff try to have enough time between assembly and final tightening to let the sealer cure. I finally got the aftermarket chrome diff cover on the Suburban to stop leaking by doing a thorough cleaning, assembling it just slightly snug and...
  17. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Smart man. You have no idea how many people I see tear into a snotty POS with all kinds of road grit and slime on it. It not only makes them gross to work on, it pretty much guarantees you're going to contaminate the job. Someone pre-cleaning is the exception when it should be the rule.
  18. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    People rag on drum brakes on cars, probably all from bad experience with unassisted systems on older cars. Most people don't realize that big trucks are primarily equipped with drum brakes and they provide plenty of stopping power for a lot of weight. Biggest thing is proper adjustment, and on...
  19. Blue Ox

    Transfer case support bracket

    Chevy bolt pattern shouldn't change on a small block. I know the LS engines are missing one of the bolts, but otherwise the pattern is still the same.
  20. Blue Ox

    Transfer case support bracket

    That's where the factory put it. Get a longer bolt and make sure the rod sits all the way on the bellhousing.
  21. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I was just thinking whatever would hide the most sins. I do like the idea of the hot pink 14 bolt though. It would certainly be a good safety feature.
  22. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    You should try putting it on the rest of the truck.
  23. Blue Ox

    Timing vs. harmonic balancer?

    I'd still recheck the firing order of your plug wires. Replacing all that stuff shouldn't have that significant an effect on timing. Either that or you have a faulty component. And how about the cap? You didn't mention replacing the cap.
  24. Blue Ox

    Steering Stabilizer - K20

    I don't think it's dirt, because the seals have a wiper for that. I think it's corrosion from exposure to atmospheric moisture that cuts the seal. I know the rods are chrome plated to prevent that, but we all know that chromed surfaces can still rust. Look at bumpers. It's probably just...
  25. Blue Ox

    Steering Stabilizer - K20

    That's correct. Hard right it's fully compressed and the rod isn't exposed. All the failures I've had have been seal leaks and I felt it was from corrosion on the rod cutting the seal. That's on a K. Not sure what the configuration is on a C, but the concept should be the same. YMMV.

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